Big Mouth is worth a photo op! Left then 1 mile off 71 highway. [Sonja, 03/30/2013]

Big Mouth Coal Shovel

Way out of the way and nothing around but well worth it. You can see it from miles away even though it is in a depression. So neat and way bigger than you imagine.

[Irene, 04/19/2011]

World's Largest Coal Shovel

"The Town that Coal Built" boasts that it has the World's Largest Coal Shovel, holding 60,000 lbs. per scoop. It is on display in Rich Hill's town center. Rich Hill is located at US 71 and Route A, about 75 miles south of Kansas City, MO.